Questions: 1A 1. Who is the person being interviewed? 2. What is his title or position? 3. What is his race, gender, and age? 4. Where is the Interview taking place? 5. What is the date of the interview? 6. Who is the interviewer? 7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers. Answers: 1A 1. The person that is being interviewed is Arthur Goodlett. 2. He is a foreman of sanitation at the Cudahy Packing Company in Omaha. 3. He is an African American, male, 49 years old. 4. The interview is taking place at 2815 Binney Street. 5. The date of the interview is November 16, 1938. 6. The interviewer is Fred Dixon. 7. No picture. Picture 1B This picture makes a good example of the Great Depression because it shows the struggles of the people living in America during this era. A woman working in a field with no shoes shows off the hardships that the people were dealing with. Questions 2A:
Describe what you see. - I see two girls standing in front of a house holding hands looking at some chickens in the grass.
What do you notice first? - The first thing I noticed was the house in the background.
What people and objects are shown? - There are two people, a house, some chickens, trees, and a small building in the background.
Why do you think this image was made? - I think this image was made to show off the life of a farm family during te Great Depression
What’s happening in the image? There are two girls holding hands in front of a house and chickens walking around in the grass in front of them.
If someone made this today, what would be different? If someone made this today there would be color and I could identify objects better.
who? Who are these people standing in front of the house?
what? What are they standing in front of the house for?
why? Why are they holding hands?
Describe what you see. I see two people on the porch of a house with other houses behind them with electric lines to the left.
What do you notice first? The first thing I noticed is the electric lines.
What people and objects are shown? There are two people, some houses, tall grass, trees, and electirc lines going down the road.
Why do you think this image was made? This image was made to show off the life of negroes in a negro section of Alabama.
What’s happening in the image? The two negroes on the porch are looking at the camera while they are being photographed.
If someone made this today, what would be different? There would be color and I would be able to see the people and houses better.
where? Where is everyone else?
what? What are they doing on the porch?
who? Who are these people on the porch?
Describe what you see. I see two people standning in a room, one of the people is holdning an object in his hand, there is a picture in the top left corner, and bucket in bottom right corner.
What do you notice first? The first thing I noticed was the tall man standing in the room dressed in overalls.
What is the physical setting? The physical setting is in some sort of room.
What’s happening in the image? The small boy and the tall man are looking off in the distance at something.
What’s missing from this image? I think the tall man's wife is missing from this image.
If someone made this today, what would be different? If someone made this today, I think the people would be dressed different.
who? Who are these people?
what? What are they looking at?
where? Where are these people?
Questions 2B:
Describe what you see. I see a restaraurant on a street with a sign that says for colored in the window.
What is the physical setting? The physical setting is in the city by a restauraunt.
What, if any, words do you see? I see the name of the restauraunt and the name of another small establishment in the top left corner.
Why do you think this image was made? I think this image was made to show how segregated the southeastern portion of the United States.
When do you think it was made? I think it was made during the Great Depression.
What’s missing from this image? I think people are missing from this image
what? What made the photographer take this picture of a fish restauraunt?
who? Who is Bryant?
why? Why did he choose this fish restauraunt?
Describe what you see. I see a movie theatre for colored people.
What do you notice first? I first noticed the words "FOR COLORED PEOPLE" painted on the front of the building.
What other details can you see? I see another building with Leland Electric CO. written on the window to the left.
Why do you think this image was made? I think this image was made to show how segregated everyday places like movie theatre's were.
What’s missing from this image? I think people are missing from this image.
If someone made this today, what would be different? If someone made this today, I think the movie theatre would look different and not be segregated.
where? Where is everyone in the town?
why? Why did the photographer take this picture?
who? Who is the owner of the movie theatre?
Describe what you see. I see a black man getting a drink from a water cooler.
What do you notice first? I first notice the black man getting a drink.
What, if any, words do you see? I see the words "white women colored women" and "white men colored men"
What’s happening in the image? A black man is getting a drink of water.
What can you learn from examining this image? I can learn that even public drinking areas were segregated.
If someone made this today, what would be different? If someone made this today, there would be one drinking fountain for everyone.
who? Who is this black man?
where? Where is he his drink of water?
why? Why are the drinking areas for men and women separated?
Questions 3A:
What were these people like and how do they represent the time period and area of the country being studied in this project?
The Man at Eddie's bar (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/manbar.html) was a man that cared about others. He felt the poor people needed to be treated better because they didn't have a lot to begin with and they were getting cheated out of what they had. He lived in New York, but he was from the south and he didn't consider himself a new yorker. This represents the area of the country being studied in this project because the blacks were not treated fairly in the south. Jim Cole (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/jimcole.html) was a man who felt that segregation was bad because black people weren't allowed what they deserved. This represents the area of the country being studied in this project because segregation was going on in this area too. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Miller(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/eliza.html) felt that she was very capable of herself as she was able to cut up a dead hog and bring it into her house all by herself. This represents the the area of the country because whites felt like they could do anything and felt like they were so much better than blacks. The Man at Colonial Park (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/manpark.html) was a man that was mad that a lot of people weren't given equal opportunities in America. This represents the area of the country being studied in this project because blacks weren't given the same opportunites in America. Anna Nova(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/anna.html) was a woman who did not like kissing up to people. This represents the area of the country being studied in this project because everyone had to work hard to survive.
Questions 3B:
1. Who is the person being interviewed?
2. What is his title or position?
3. What is his race, gender, and age?
4. Where is the Interview taking place?
5. What is the date of the interview?
6. Who is the interviewer?
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers.
Answers 3B:
Peter McDonald is the person being interviewed. Peter McDonald's title or position is selling and delivering bread from house to house for twelve dollars a week. Peter McDonald's race is caucasian, his gender is male, and he is 24 years old. The interview is taking place in Mobile, Alabama while Peter McDonald is on his bread route. The date of the interview is October 7, 1938 and the interviewer is Helen S. Hartley.
1. Who is the person being interviewed?
2. What is his title or position?
3. What is his race, gender, and age?
4. Where is the Interview taking place?
5. What is the date of the interview?
6. Who is the interviewer?
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers.
Answers: 1A
1. The person that is being interviewed is Arthur Goodlett.
2. He is a foreman of sanitation at the Cudahy Packing Company in Omaha.
3. He is an African American, male, 49 years old.
4. The interview is taking place at 2815 Binney Street.
5. The date of the interview is November 16, 1938.
6. The interviewer is Fred Dixon.
7. No picture.
Picture 1B
This picture makes a good example of the Great Depression because it shows the struggles of the people living in America during this era. A woman working in a field with no shoes shows off the hardships that the people were dealing with.
Questions 2A:
- Describe what you see. I see two people standning in a room, one of the people is holdning an object in his hand, there is a picture in the top left corner, and bucket in bottom right corner.
- What do you notice first? The first thing I noticed was the tall man standing in the room dressed in overalls.
- What is the physical setting? The physical setting is in some sort of room.
- What’s happening in the image? The small boy and the tall man are looking off in the distance at something.
- What’s missing from this image? I think the tall man's wife is missing from this image.
- If someone made this today, what would be different? If someone made this today, I think the people would be dressed different.
- who? Who are these people?
- what? What are they looking at?
- where? Where are these people?
Questions 2B:- Describe what you see. I see a black man getting a drink from a water cooler.
- What do you notice first? I first notice the black man getting a drink.
- What, if any, words do you see? I see the words "white women colored women" and "white men colored men"
- What’s happening in the image? A black man is getting a drink of water.
- What can you learn from examining this image? I can learn that even public drinking areas were segregated.
- If someone made this today, what would be different? If someone made this today, there would be one drinking fountain for everyone.
- who? Who is this black man?
- where? Where is he his drink of water?
- why? Why are the drinking areas for men and women separated?
Questions 3A:What were these people like and how do they represent the time period and area of the country being studied in this project?
The Man at Eddie's bar (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/manbar.html) was a man that cared about others. He felt the poor people needed to be treated better because they didn't have a lot to begin with and they were getting cheated out of what they had. He lived in New York, but he was from the south and he didn't consider himself a new yorker. This represents the area of the country being studied in this project because the blacks were not treated fairly in the south. Jim Cole (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/jimcole.html) was a man who felt that segregation was bad because black people weren't allowed what they deserved. This represents the area of the country being studied in this project because segregation was going on in this area too. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Miller(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/eliza.html) felt that she was very capable of herself as she was able to cut up a dead hog and bring it into her house all by herself. This represents the the area of the country because whites felt like they could do anything and felt like they were so much better than blacks. The Man at Colonial Park (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/manpark.html) was a man that was mad that a lot of people weren't given equal opportunities in America. This represents the area of the country being studied in this project because blacks weren't given the same opportunites in America. Anna Nova(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/anna.html) was a woman who did not like kissing up to people. This represents the area of the country being studied in this project because everyone had to work hard to survive.
Questions 3B:
1. Who is the person being interviewed?
2. What is his title or position?
3. What is his race, gender, and age?
4. Where is the Interview taking place?
5. What is the date of the interview?
6. Who is the interviewer?
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers.
Answers 3B:
Peter McDonald is the person being interviewed. Peter McDonald's title or position is selling and delivering bread from house to house for twelve dollars a week. Peter McDonald's race is caucasian, his gender is male, and he is 24 years old. The interview is taking place in Mobile, Alabama while Peter McDonald is on his bread route. The date of the interview is October 7, 1938 and the interviewer is Helen S. Hartley.